It's goalless at San Siro after the first half of tonight's Italian Super Cup clash.

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Another chance for Ibra. This time he drags wide after receiving from Stankovic.

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1 minute of added time to play.

44' /

Ibra's right-foot shot is high and wide.

43' /

Mexes booked after fouling Suazo. The free kick is on the left.

42' /

Chivu intercepts his former team-mate Totti with a well timed sliding clearance.

39' /

Doni is quick out to smother and deny Suazo who powers his way past Mexes.

38' /

Inter's first chance of the match. It falls to Zlatan Ibrahimovic, whose low shot from Suazo's cut-back flashes inches wide of the right post.

36' /

Superb play by Chivu down the left. The Romanian manages to keep Vieira's hooked pass in play, then gallops on goal and lashes in a cross. Doni gathers at the near post.

34' /

Totti's rising drive from the free kick is blocked by the Inter wall.

33' /

Materazzi flattens Aquilani just outside our area. Free kick.

32' /

Ex-Inter defender Panucci is booked. And Stankovic's name is scribbled into the book for protesting. That makes it two cards per side after just over thirty minutes of play.

31' /

Tempers flare as Burdisso remains on the ground following what looked like an elbow in the face from Panucci.

29' /

Ibrahimovic serves Suazo and the Honduran is clear through on goal but slips before he can enter the box.

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Giuly goes down in the Nerazzurri box after contact with Materazzi. The Curva Sud cries penalty but Rosetti waves play on. Roma's French midfielder goes close to scoring seconds later, forcing Julio Cesar into a smothering save.

26' /

Mexes shoves Suazo off the ball just outside the centre circle in the Roma half. Dirty play punished with a free kick.

26' /

Ibrahimovic booked for protesting after the ref gave a free kick against him.

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Brilliant work by Dejan Stankovic. The Serbian twists and turns to keep position on the left side of the Roma box and then finds Ibrahimovic with a threaded pass. The Swedish striker is intercepted.

21' /

Chivu's curling free kick is palmed clear by Doni at the far post. Stankovic blasts over his volley from the loose ball.

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Vieira dances past two during a central run after collecting a Stankovic pass but is stopped on the edge of the box.

20' /

Tonetto booked for a foul from behind on David Suazo who was goal-bound.

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Dacourt tackles Giuly on the right-wing by-line, conceding a corner to the Giallorossi. Stankovic makes a headed clearance from Totti's cross.

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Panucci is flagged offside when heading over a Tonetto left-wing cross.

15' /

Suazo is caught by Cassetti and remains on the ground but no free kick is given by Rossetti.

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Chivu blocks a cross from Cassetti and a shot from Taddei. Corner to Roma, their fourth of the match.

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Aquilani's right-foot shot from distance takes a deflection off Vieira.

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Burdisso fouls Vucinic on the left wing. Free kick to Roma.

10' /

Totti rains in a shot from 30 yards. Julio Cesar saves.

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Inter are on the back foot against Roma who are knocking the ball around with confidence in these opening minutes.

9' /

Applause for Cristian Chivu who elegantly brings the ball out of defence with some fancy footwork.

9' /

Roma close again. Giuly gets a shot in from the right but Julio Cesar is alert to the danger and blocks at the near post.

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Good move by Roma. Totti receives from Tonetti and kung-fu kicks into the box for Vucinic. Materazzi clears but the Giallorossi go close seconds later when Giuly blasts wide from an inviting position.

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According to the stats we should be seeing a few goals tonight. There have been 29 in the 8 meetings between these two teams in the last 15 months.

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Vieira makes a side-footed clearance from Totti's low free kick.

4' /

Totti goes down under a challenge from Dacourt and Roma win a free kick on the left wing.

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The Meazza roars as Materazzi, celebrating his 34th birthday and 200th competitive appearance for the Nerazzurri today, makes a crunching tackle on Totti.

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Another season of live text commentary on inter.it starts here at the Stadio Giuseppe Meazza in Milan's San Siro district, where the teams are out warming up ahead of the 2007 Italian Super Cup.

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Inter are on a Super Cup hat-trick after their win over Juve in Turin two years ago and last season's thrilling fightback against tonight's opponents.

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Victory for the Nerazzurri tonight will see coach Roberto Mancini match Fabio Capello's record of three consecutive Super Cup triumphs with AC Milan from 1992-1994.

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If he scores a goal against the Giallorossi, Patrick Vieira will equal Del Piero and Shevchenko's shared record of three Italian Super Cup goals. The France captain netted twice for Inter in last season's curtain raiser.

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From red and yellow to black and blue... Cristian Chivu has been named in Mancini's starting lineup. The Romanian defender will therefore make his competitive debut for Inter against his former team.

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Marco Andreolli, the young defender who joined Roma as part of the deal that brought Chivu to Milan, is on the Giallorossi bench tonight.

Suazo storms down the right and delivers a low cross. De Rossi blocks and clears.

42' /

Roma win their eleventh corner after Chivu wins a duel with Totti.

42' /

Inter replace Nicolas Burdisso with Julio Cruz.

39' /

Aquilani cleans up after Doni spills Figo's free kick from the left.

36' /

Vucinic rises in the area and heads over Totti's cross when it would have been easier to score.

36' /

In 68.4% percent of cases, the team to score first in an Italian Super Cup goes on to lift the trophy. Not a good omen for Inter, but we did come back from three goals down last year.

35' /

Roma close to a second with Vucinic but Julio Cesar makes a great reflex save.

33' /

Julio Cesar goes the right way but Daniele De Rossi's right-foot shot from the spot finds the bottom left corner.

32' /

Penalty. Burdisso brings down Totti in the area and Rosetti points to the spot.

30' /

Materazzi does well to block a fierce strike from Totti that could well have finished up in the back of the net. Yet another corner for Roma.

29' /

Roma make the substitution they wanted to make a few minutes ago. Holding midfielder Matteo Brighi replaces attacking midfielder Ludovic Giuly. Aquilani will push into a more attacking role for the Giallorossi.

28' /

Suazo fires yards wide from 20 metres.

27' /

Roma remain with eleven men on the pitch, but obviously won't be able to bring on Italy international Perrotta.

26' /

Incredible scenes at the Meazza. Roma sub Simone Perrotta, who was waiting to come on, is sent off!

25' /

Ibrahimovic serves Figo with a pin-point pass to the Portuguese ace. He runs on goal and tries to take the ball past Doni but the Roma keeper intercepts. Our best chance of the game.

24' /

With an outstretched leg Materazzi blocks a Taddei cross and concedes a corner.

22' /

Another change at San Siro. Mancini brings on Esteban Cambiasso for Patrick Vieira.

20' /

Great chance for Inter. An unmarked Suazo rises in the box to head Burdisso's excellent right-wing cross straight at Doni.

15' /

Chivu blocks a cross from Cassetti and a shot from Taddei. Corner to Roma - their fourth of the match.

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The Roma captain isn't back on his feet yet. On comes the stretcher.

14' /

No need for the stretcher as Totti gets to his feet and slowly walks to the sideline.

13' /

Materazzi booked for pushing over Totti.

11' /

Figo threads down the left for Ibrahimovic who gets a low cross in from the edge of the area. Panucci intercepts to deny Suazo a tap-in.

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MILAN - Roma defeated Inter by a single goal at San Siro to win the 2007 Italian Super Cup.

Daniele De Rossi scored a 78th-minute penalty to prevent Inter from becoming the second team to win the competition for three years running after AC Milan who completed a hat-trick of Super Cup victories from 1992-1994.

The Coppa Italia holders dominated the opening period against the Italian champions with French midfielder Ludovic Giuly going close on three occasions in the first thirty minutes.

Inter had to wait until the 38th minute for their first chance on goal, Zlatan Ibrahimovic's low shot from Suazo's cut-back flashing just wide.

The Swedish forward had a second chance before the break but dragged wide a Stankovic pass into space.

If the opening stages of the first half belonged to Giuly in terms of scoring chances, the first twenty minutes of the second belonged to Suazo.

Put through by Chivu three minutes in, he tried to poke through the legs of Doni but the Brazilian keeper blocked.

The Honduran then turned on the style with an overhead kick from Ibrahimovic's headed pass before heading Burdisso's pin-point cross straight at the keeper.

Not to be outdone, Giuly received in the area and lifted his shot over Julio Cesar and the woodwork.

But Inter's best chance of the game fell to second-half sub Luis Figo. The Portuguese ace was clear through on goal from Ibrahimovic's sublime pass but Doni made a last-gasp intervention to win the ball.

On 71 minutes, Roma substitute Simone Perrotta was dismissed for dissent before coming on, meaning the Giallorossi could continue with eleven men.

Spalletti's side got their winning goal 12 minutes from time when De Rossi beat Julio Cesar from the spot after a Burdisso foul on Totti.